Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 298	# 255

Projections

Runs	10	9
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	11	9
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.248	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	237	253

Runs	20	32

Hits	49	67

Singles	34	42

Doubles	9	15

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	6	8

RBI	27	32

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	23	18

Strikeouts	58	52

Batting Average	.207	.265

On Base Pct	.275	.326

Slugging Pct	.321	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.596	.761

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	68

Runs	10	9

Hits	20	16

Singles	14	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	11	9

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	18	18

Batting Average	.248	.238

On Base Pct	.313	.312

Slugging Pct	.388	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jared Young went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Jared Young went 3-for-5 with a triple, one run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Jared Young went 1-for-2 with a walk, one run scored, two RBI and two stolen bases in Thursday's 13-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th
	Moises Ballesteros went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Sunday, helping the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Diamondbacks. David Leisering Mon, May 4th	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-4 with a grand slam home run in the Cubs' 9-7 loss to the Padres on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Apr 28th	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Mon, May 25th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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